New York Consolidated Laws

N.Y. Education Law § 341 (2026)

Background reports

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§ 341. Background reports.  1. Whenever any test agency prepares or
causes to have prepared research which is used in any study, evaluation
or statistical report pertaining to a test operational after January
first, nineteen hundred eighty, such study, evaluation or report shall
be filed with the commissioner. This section shall apply to any
unpublished study, evaluation or statistical report cited in memoranda
of support or opposition to legislation or proposed rules and
regulations relating to standardized testing  written or published by
the test agency or its employees in behalf of the test agency on or
after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-three.
  2. If any reports or other documents submitted pursuant to this
section contain information identifiable with any  test subject or test
user institution, such information shall be deleted prior to filing with
the commissioner.
  3. All reports or other documents submitted pursuant to this section
shall be public records.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1980–1995 · leading case: Ass'n of Am. Med. Colleges v. Carey, 728 F. Supp. 873 (N.D.N.Y. 1990).
Ass'n of Am. Med. Colleges v. Carey, 728 F. Supp. 873 (N.D.N.Y. 1990). · cites it 6× “The disclosure provisions, N.Y.Educ.Law §§ 341, 341-a, and 342, generally require the plaintiff to disclose MCAT test questions, answers, answer sheets, and related research reports which are employed by plaintiff as part of its sponsorship of the MCAT.”
Ass'n of Am. Med. Colleges v. Carey, 482 F. Supp. 1358 (N.D.N.Y. 1980). “N.Y. Education Law § 341 provides that: 1.”
Coll. Entrance Examination Bd. v. Pataki, 889 F. Supp. 554 (N.D.N.Y. 1995). “N.Y.Educ.Law § 341 (McKinney 1988 & Supp.”
Coll. Entrance Examination Bd. v. Cuomo, 788 F. Supp. 134 (N.D.N.Y. 1992). “N.Y. Educ. Law § 341 (McKinney's 1988). Section 342 states in pertinent part: 1.”
Ass'n of Am. Med. Colleges v. Cuomo, 928 F.2d 519 (2d Cir. 1991). · cites it 2× “N.Y.Educ.L. § 341. Test agencies also must prepare and file reports analyzing test scores according to race, ethnicity, gender and linguistic background for tests given between July 1, 1988 and July 1, 1989.”
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